meet the 5th grader who saved the life of a fellow student, when the adults

weren't looking. the news starts in 30 seconds. "you're watching local 5 news at 10 in hd .we are iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." brad/wx wall weather adlib: after those morning clouds/fog went away, we had a very nice afternoon with sunshine and highs back in the 70s! we can do that again wednesday, but that might be the last of the 70s for some time. tonight will start off clear and mild, but some clouds may again develop into the early morning hours. i expect we will have some clouds around again wednesday morning, but then partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. the winds will stay southerly at 8-14

overnight, which should help preclude much of the fog. as winds increase wednesday to 15-25 mph we should warm up again into the low to mid 70s for most areas. thursday will be mild, but also bring us a chance for some showers from time to time. the real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. we could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. at least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday! " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" "i got home and looked at the videos, and i'm shocked" stephanie: for the first time since this video went viral. we hear how this confrontation unfolded from the victim himself. stephanie: good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack: and i'm jack miller. tonight, fifteen year old christian suarez shares his first-hand experience of the bus ride home last thursday. christian, his family and their attorney held a press conference today. local 5's kattey ortiz was there and not only did she ask christian about the incident, she sat down with his family. jack: she here now, with an interview you'll see only here on local 5. kattey: there were a few smiles from

tell me he's traumatized. they say there's nothing their son said or did that justifies the way the bus driver handled his temper. especially when ... according to their attorney ... the school district was aware of another complaint against the bus driver about his temper from a different parent ... just a week before this happened. "i was mad, angry, scared" for the first time ... 9th grader christian suarez share's his perspective of last thursday's bus ride home ... when his bus driver was caught on video shoving him to the floor. "when he was walking back to me, i was scared he was going to hurt me so i threw the book at him" it began when christian wouldn't sit in his seat. this viral video, recorded by a student, shows the driver grabbing christian by the ear after he throws a book and makes an offensive comment. "he just lost his temper for some reason, then he threw me." that's when other students start yelling

at the driver to stop. "happy that my friends were sticking up for me, but it also made me feel sad when he told the kid to shut up." the video is difficult to watch for christian's family who take special care of him. he suffers from brain seizures triggered by severe anxiety and stress. the 15-year-old functions at a third grade level because of them. "my heart sank. just seeing someone else put his hands on him did take a toll on me." "some person comes and touched your own family. it breaks your heart. christian says he's never gotten in trouble on the bus. but if anything ever happened again, he would handle things differently. "i would try not to tell the bus driver anything mean." kattey:

school on thursday. mom and dad will be driving him back and forth for a few weeks at least until he's comfortable enough to ride the bus again. tonight we knocked on the bus driver's door for comment. a woman who answered said he has nothing to say. in the studio kattey ortiz local five news we are iowa. jack: the bus driver -- 61 year old robert scarbrough faces child endangerment and assault charges. tonight he's out on bond and was given a no- contact order with christian. as far as legal action goes ... the suarez family will wait until the school district completes its investigation to decide if they want to sue. stephanie: a memorial that sparked national controversy will move after veterans day. the kneeling soldier memorial mysteriously showed up, without permission months ago in youngs park in knoxville. after an anonymous citizen complained about the memorial- it grabbed national attention about separating church and state. however, last night, knoxvilles city council

voted to move the memorial to private property. local veterans said they're happy the memorial is here to stay. "in a way its almost better because right now, right now the rock blocks it and you kind of have to come over to see it, but over there itll be right in the wide open" stephanie: veterans said the controversy actually helped raise money for a new bronze memorial that will go in the silhouette's place. they will both be in their new places by veteran's day. jack: elections here in iowa. jack: closed at eight. with the exception of a few special elections, most of races were for city council or mayor. and one of the biggest races here in the metro, was the des moines mayoral race. frank cownie looking for a third term, running aginst 27-year-old anthony taylor. he won the election with more than 80 percent of the vote. and in the city council races.... chris coleman is the new city council at large representative. beating loren

esse with 75 percent of the vote. in the des moines ward 2 race, linda westergaard got 71 percent of the vote to beat marty mauk. joe gatto ran unopposed in the ward 4 race . jack: for links to your county auditor's website and results from around the state head to our website, that's we are iowa dot com. stephanie: it was a standing room only crowd at the iowa statehouse, as the medicaid debate continues. stephanie: governor branstad plans to privatize the state's medicaid programs. people talked about why they do't think that's a good idea at a public hearing today. one of the top concerns voiced is the short amount of time to get everything done. there are 560- thousand iowans on medicaid and the roll out date for the new privatized plan, is january one. kelsey 1:04:33 we get a little nervous that when too much is transitioned too quickly, mistakes get made, errors get made, details get overlooked. stephanie: enrollment packets for medicaid are in the mail... but so

far provider networks aren't yet in place. a democratic senator tried to get the plan delayed six months, but the vote failed. january one is still the roll out date. jack: a des moines fifth grader is getting praise tonight. her actions may have saved the life of a fellow student on a school bus last week.. local fives nikki davidson has the story. (nat locker slam) in elementary school... most of the focus is on what's learned here (nat door) in the classroom... but it was the end of the day friday (nat bell)on the ride home when 5th grader anastaisa evans was tested in a entirely different way. nikki standup: it was last week when the principal at perkins elementary says he was slipped a note, and what it said wasn't what he was expecting. 6:56:45 i just read it and realized what she had accomplished 6:59:07 i was just in awe about the whole whole thing, it took me five minutes to gather my head around it. the events of friday's bus ride through the eyes of a part-time substitute bus drider... 6:43:21 we were all waiting for rides, the students grabbed his neck and said he couldn't breathe. anastaisa said the bus driver couldn't see the student.. 6:46:15 i said whats

wrong whats wrong, he was like i can't breathe she knew she had to do something fast, and got his attention. 6:43:40 bus driver, bus driver, this kid can't breathe. the student had asthma -- and didn't have his inhaler. 6:57:31the bus driver was able to veer off route, and go straight to that persons house to get the medication. anastaisa has family members with asthma and knew the situation was serious. 6:48:28 i'm glad he got home to take his medication, and that hes ok. principal dan coss says its just an example of how lesson's don't just happen in the classroom... 7:00:01 learning how to read and do math is important, but we are also responsible for kids self esteem and self awareness. and says its the kind of thing parents just might learn something from. 7:03:27 there is a lot of things our children do to help each other. jack: do you know of a hero in your community?

let us know and you could see their story on- air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . the contact information is on your screen stephanie: coming up, salutes to the troops at pro sporting events. what could be more patriotic than that? wait until you hear about the investigation. jack: and... they can agree that it was a disturbing crash. why investigators are now at odds over what brought down a russian jet in egypt. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... it may feel like spring...but the winter cold is on the way.. we'll talk about some local groups are helping gather winter clothing and accessories to help those in need be ready for the temperature drop.. plus... that winter cold could be just around the corner. we've got some tips for you to get ready! that's tomorrow on the all-new good

jaforecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: the northern lights are visible over much of the

week. you're looking at a timelapse of the lights early this morning. the space weather prediction center says a rare geo- magnetic storm happening through tomorrow is the reason the northern lights are visible. stephanie: jack: brad brad: weather adlib: after those morning clouds/fog went away, we had a very nice afternoon with sunshine and highs back in the 70s! we can do that again wednesday, but that might be the last of the 70s for some time. tonight will start off clear and mild, but some clouds may again develop into the early morning hours. i expect we will have some clouds around again wednesday morning, but then partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. the winds will stay southerly at 8-14 overnight, which should help preclude

much of the fog. as winds increase wednesday to 15-25 mph we should warm up again into the low to mid 70s for most areas. thursday will be mild, but also bring us a chance for some showers from time to time. the real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. we could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. at least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday! brad stephanie: jack: back in the 70s! we can do that again wednesday, but that might be the last of the 70s for some time. tonight will start off clear and mild, but some clouds may again develop into the early morning hours. i expect we will have some clouds around again wednesday morning, but then partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. the winds will stay southerly at 8-14

should help preclude much of the fog. as winds increase wednesday to 15-25 mph we should warm up again into the low to mid 70s for most areas. thursday will be mild, but also bring us a chance for some showers from time to time. the real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. we could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. at least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday! brad stephanie: jack: back in the 70s! we can do that again wednesday, but that might be the last of the 70s for some time. tonight will start off clear and mild, but some clouds may again develop into the early morning hours. i expect we will have some clouds around again wednesday morning, but then

winds will stay southerly at 8-14 overnight, which should help preclude much of the fog. as winds increase wednesday to 15-25 mph we should warm up again into the low to mid 70s for most areas. thursday will be mild, but also bring us a chance for some showers from time to time. the real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. we could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. at least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday! brad stephanie: jack: jack: coming up on local 5 news at ten, why patrotic displays at big time sporting events are coming

under scrutiny tonight. stephanie: next.... what brought down a russian passenger jet over egypt? we'll tell you why investigators have conflicting opinions tonight. "your watching local 5

stephanie: we turn now to the growing mystery of what brought down that russian passenger plane over egypt this weekend. in cairo today investigators are examining the black boxes from the jetliner that disintegrated in mid-air on saturday killing 224 people on board. they're also looking into the aircraft's repair history, structural concern. however investigators agree it was not a surface- to-air missile that brought down the airbus. steve ganyard if there was a bomb that went off that bomb will be very clear, clearly heard. if the airplane came apart, even the whooshing sound will be apparent on the voice recorder so the

investigators will get something out that have cockpit voice recorder that will tell us what happened in those last seconds. stephanie both russian and egyptian officials insist it was not terrorism, although the u-s hasn't ruled it out. stephanie: seven passengers were kicked off a spirit airlines flight leaving los angeles, according to police. flight attendants claim several were being unruly, but some travelers believe it's because of their race--the whole incident was caught on camera. "nats -- (cell phone) nats -- (cell phone) stephanie: a black passenger and his companion were escorted by officers off the flight from l-a to dallas monday... after an argument a black passenger and his companion were escorted by officers off the flight from l-a to dallas monday... after an argument with a flight attendant over a seat. despite several requests... spirit airlines has not issued an official statement. jack: it's a shocker of a story on capitol hill today. paid patriotism. a congressional investigation shows the pentagon paid dozens of professional sports teams to

now, some members of congress are looking to ban the practice of what they call "paying for patriotism." examples uncovered so far included military men and women carrying that giant flag at the buffalo bills game, throwing out the first pitch at the milwaukee brewers game, and rapelling down a rope at center ice to drop the puck at a minnesota wild game. " sot - flake we have specific contracts spelling out 20,000 dollars for a salute to the home town hero actually specifying how long something had to be on the jumbotron" jack: congressional investigators taxpayer dollars these events. the president is expected to sign a defense spending bill in a that includes a ban on the practice. stephanie: huge night of volleyball tonight for the local high schools... and what would without a dowling-valley matchup!

coming up on local 5 sports #1 versus #4. it went to 5 sets see if the maroons or tigers are headed to cedar rapids...

are iowa sports" jordan/bam: the valley- dowling rivalry

is one of the best in the state regardless of sport! tonight it shifts to the volleyball court and the stakes couldn't be higher. a trip to cedar rapids and the state tournament is on the line! the maroons won the first two meetings of the year, with the tigers winning the most recent matchup. we head over to dowling for this regional final... pick this up in the 4th set, valley up 2-1. back come the maroons. mykal sadler like a brick wall at the net. then it's ellie flynn, serving up the ace. valley would answer, maddison kubik gets the kill to fall, tigers go up 26-25. but check out this kill from sadler. by the beard of zeus! this girl has ups! then on set point, sadler serves up the ace. we're tied at 2 sets a piece. buckle up the 5th set was crazy! tigers jump out early, hannah locklin just paints the line for the point. maroons answer and who else, but sadler with

go up 14-9. but valley rattles off 5 unanswered points, including this great block by stephany twit. but #15 would give dowling point 15 here, now on match point, valley gets called for a net violation. for the 4th year in a row, dowling is headed back to state, they win a thriller 3 sets to 2. " " the defending champs from centennial have never missed a trip to state since the split with ankeny... tonight they faced sioux city east... first set, jags up big, but the raiders trying to rally lexi lapke comes up big with the spike. but from there it was all centennial. tasha vipond with the delicate touch, in for the point. then the power comes from olivia sandquist! set point watch vipond in the

middle, comes up with the block! jags take set 1 and go on to sweep sioux city east, 3-0. so here's a look at who's headed to cedar rapids next week. johnston will join dowling and centennial next week at the us cellular center to battle for a state title. in 4a, carroll with a tough match going against sioux city heelan, a team after its 17th trip to state in 18 years second set.....heelan won the first.....shelby miller drills a kill for carroll...tigers take the 22-21 lead.... and then its kristin honold tapping it over on set point......carroll ties the regional final at one set a piece... third set....sam mccabe gets in on the action for heelan....crusade rs go up 5-1 early.... and it would turn into the grace hanno show...monster swing from the senior...heelan down 19-18.... but they get back on top......hanno from the outside.....heelan goes on to win the third set 27- 25.... and in the fourth....on match point....allie

cooke finishes it off for the crusaders.....3-1 the final....heelan back to cedar rapids for the second straight season. other qualifiers in classes 4a and 3a from tonight. two time defending champ harlan gets a shot at a three peat. joining them in cedar rapids will be #10 pella. in 3a, 2nd ranked kuemper catholic is state bound for the 4th time in 5 years. and #4 nevada makes its third straight trip state tournament starts next tuesday in cedar rapids. finally the first college football playoff rankings of the year are out! iowa finds itself one spot better than the polls at #9. clemson is the #1 team, followed by lsu, last years champ ohio state and alabama. notre dame and baylor are at 5 and 6. followed by michigan state, tcu, the hawks and florida. jordan/3shot (wrap sports) stephanie: jack: we'll be right back... you're

you to weigh in on a newsroom bet between our local 5 meteorologists.. .. stephanie: central iowa's most accurate

weather team made their predictions about when central iowa will see its first trace of snow. brad's got his money on november 13th. you can see the rest of the crew: sam, james and bree are predicting later... bree thinks we'll hold out til december! personally, i'm team bre...(adlib with the rest of the desk about predictions) brad: weather adlib: after those morning clouds/fog went away, we had a very nice afternoon with sunshine and highs back in the 70s! we can do that again wednesday, but that might be the last of the 70s for some time. tonight will start off clear and mild, but some clouds may again develop into the early morning hours. i expect we will have some clouds around again wednesday morning, but then partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. the winds will stay southerly at 8-14 overnight, which should help preclude much of the fog. as winds increase wednesday to 15-25 mph we should warm up again into the low to mid 70s for most areas. thursday will be mild, but also bring us a chance for some showers from time to time. the real cool down is set to come in friday and saturday with highs barely reaching the low 50s. we could have some freezing temps saturday morning in parts of the state. at least the weekend is looking mainly sunny with milder readings for sunday! stephanie: jack: thank you for spending your